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  As part of the group project, you will need to set up a group communications process (e-mail list, group chat, etc.) and email Professor Joiner no later than 9/7

All deadlines in class are final – without prior permission, any course work submitted any time after the deadline will not be graded and will receive zero points.

All of the following clinical features are more commonly seen in patients with bipolar depression as opposed to unipolar major depression EXCEPT for:

Which disorder is characterized by marked distress and impairments within 6 months of a stressor?

All of the following are true regarding the course of panic disorder, except: 

Which of the following disorders is diagnosed when all of the DSM-5-TR criteria for schizophrenia are met but the total duration of the disorder is less than six months?

Which of the following has been found to be associated with erectile disorder?

You are working on an inpatient psychiatry unit and one of the new registered nurses tells you that she is caring for a patient with a diagnosis of a manic episode with mixed features.  She asks you to explain what this means.  You advise the nurse that patients experiencing episodes of bipolar mania, hypomania, and major depression can also experience symptoms of opposite polarity (mixed features).  You explain that a manic episode with mixed features is defined as an episode that meets the diagnostic criteria for mania along with at least three of the defined symptoms being present on most days of the episode.  Which of the following is NOT included in the defined symptoms associated with a manic episode with mixed features? 

A 23-year-old patient complains of multiple physical and mental disorders, including anxiety, irregular menses, neck pain, abdominal cramping, joint pain, frequent and painful urination, headaches, diarrhea, and abdominal distention.  Laboratory and radiologic findings have been negative.  The PMHNP recognizes these signs and symptoms as probable:

What is the proper balance between confidentiality for an adolescent and sufficient communication with the parent?